{"product_id":"hard-times-for-jake-smith-a-story-of-the-depression-era-9781571316493","title":"Hard Times for Jake Smith: A Story of the Depression Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Aileen Kilgore Henderson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Milkweed Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - United States - 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's 1935, and the hard times of the Great Depression, it seems, are here to stay. Each day, something else is gone: first the pig, then the cow, then one day even the beloved dog, Adder, is sold off. Finally, the whole family packs up in the car and leaves--the children wonder where, but their parents are silent. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a couple hours' drive, the car stops on the edge of the road and Ma leans into the back seat, giving MaryJake a handkerchief with something tied inside and instructions to walk down the path into the forest, take the \u003cem\u003eleft\u003c\/em\u003e fork into town, and present the handkerchief at the rock house. Then the car--and with it, Ma, Pa, and MaryJake's two brothers--drives away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins the adventure of an abandoned girl who chooses her own path (neither left fork nor right), dyes her hair in a stump full of walnut-colored water, and disguises herself as a boy in order to survive. MaryJake Wildsmith is now Jake Smith, soon to discover that she is not the only one keeping secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45084112355479,"sku":"9781571316493","price":420.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781571316493.webp?v=1767636468","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hard-times-for-jake-smith-a-story-of-the-depression-era-9781571316493","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}